How To Install kaidan on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kaidan on Debian 11.
What is kaidan
kaidan is:
Kaidan is a simple, user-friendly and modern chat client. It uses the open communication protocol XMPP (Jabber).
The user interface makes use of Kirigami and QtQuick, while the back-end of Kaidan is entirely written in C++ using Qt and the Qt-based XMPP library QXmpp.
There are three methods to install kaidan on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kaidan Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kaidan using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kaidan
Install kaidan Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kaidan using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kaidan
Install kaidan Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install kaidan using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kaidan
How To Uninstall kaidan on Debian 11
To uninstall only the kaidan package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kaidan
Uninstall kaidan And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kaidan and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kaidan
Remove kaidan Configurations and Data
To remove kaidan configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kaidan
Remove kaidan configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kaidan configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kaidan
Dependencies
kaidan have the following dependencies:
- qml-module-org-kde-kirigami2
- qml-module-org-kde-qqc2desktopstyle
- qml-module-qtgraphicaleffects
- qml-module-qtlocation
- qml-module-qtmultimedia
- qml-module-qtpositioning
- qml-module-qtqml
- qml-module-qtquick-controls2
- qml-module-qtquick-dialogs
- qml-module-qtquick-layouts
- qml-module-qtquick2
- libc6
- libgcc-s1
- libkf5notifications5
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5multimedia5
- libqt5network5
- libqt5positioning5
- libqt5qml5
- libqt5quick5
- libqt5quickcontrols2-5
- libqt5sql5
- libqt5widgets5
- libqt5xml5
- libqxmpp3
- libstdc++6
- libzxingcore1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kaidan package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
